Pen and pencil clip.



' P.' G. LOWREY.

PEN AND PENCIL CLIP. AP-PLIOATIQN-I'ILED 001.5, 1908.

923,055. Y ratenteamay 25,1909.

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UNITED sTATEs `PATENT oEincE.Y

' rnEDEn'IcK c. LOWEEY, or Wn'rnnoni', ooNNEcTIcUT, AssIcNon To T11 E SMITH si cineos MAN UFAOTURING NEUTIUUT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

COMPANY, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, Av CORPORATION Ol" GON- PEN AND PENCIL CLIP.

Patented May 25, 1909.

Application led October', 1908. Serial No. l*56,152.

. My invention relates to improvements iii pen und pencil clips for holding such articles 1n the pocket, und the invention is particularly concerned -With the method of menufeeturing the clip spring sind to certain feittures of improvement as will appear from the following description of si preferred form of theinvention, which is illustrated in the FiUu-re l is o. view of the heeded wire from which the clip spring is formed. Fig. 2 is a fece view of' the sweged 'clip spring blank. Fig. 3 is en edge view ofthe parts shown in Fig. 2. 4 is' a. view of the completed clip spring. Fig. 5 is :i front view 'of the spring end clip assembled. Fig. 6 is an edge view of the perte shown in F ig. 5.

In the embodiment' of my invention herein selected for illustration, the clip spring blank l. (Fig. 2). is formed from :L short length of Wire 2, which is first headed et one end, es et 3, in anysuitable end well known manner. The body ofthe Wire is then swnged Het, es shown, to impart the necessary resiliency. In the swinging operation two integre-l securing'lugs 4 are preierzibly formed by which the spring body may besecured to e. suitable body, in this instance shown es n clip 5, Figs. 5 :ind 6. After the blank is sweged. to shape, it then cut or trimmed to :i taper to form the finished spring body o1" arm 6 (Fig. 4) and when necessn ry it is :it the same time curved transversely to iit the curvature of the back of the clip body member 5 The spring thus formed sind. the body 5 are tlien"cssembled with. the lugs 4 projectingthrough suitable. apertures in the beck of seid clip body,-

whereupon the lugs 4 are finally riveted down es :it 7 (Fig. 5) in snid aperturesI to secure the parts together.

Whitt I claim is:

As 'ii new article of manufacture, c pen or pencil lioldercomprising a resilient clip body member 5 arranged to embrace a pen or pencil, e holding` spring 6, seid sprin having :in intcvrcl holding heed 3 it oneen and sin integral rivet 4 neer the oiposite end and rejecting from one face thereof, said clip being secured to said spring by said rivet, being nrrcnged on the outer side FREDERICK C. LOWREY. Witnesses CHARLES F. BRoNsoN,

RALPH. II. SMlTH.

seid, spring of sind clip. 

